General Aspects of Yield Stress Fluids – Terminology and Definition of Viscosity

Abstract: This work contributes to general theoretical aspects of yield stress fluids with significance for practical phenomenological material modeling. It introduces a terminology so that the material class ‘yield stress fluid’ is defined and can be distinguished from the terms ‘solid’ and ‘liquid’. This new material classification is based on two criteria, the equilibrium relation and the flow function. In line with this terminology, an experimental procedure for classifying the material behavior is presented. The second key aspect of this paper is a discussion on the proper definition of the term ‘viscosity’. The benefit of the differential viscosity over the dynamic viscosity in case of non-Newtonian fluids in general is worked out. This is shown by the most elementary yield stress fluid, the friction element, because it is the basis of the yield stress concept. Its constitutive equations are given for positive as well as negative strain rates and are also able to represent the preyield behavior. The theory presented in this article is also applied to the Maxwell, Kelvin-Voigt, and Bingham element to demonstrate the working principle.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: General Aspects of Yield Stress Fluids – Terminology and Definition of Viscosity ; volume:24 ; number:1 ; year:2014 ; pages:26-36 ; extent:11 ; Applied rheology ; 24, Heft 1 (2014), 26-36 (gesamt 11)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Boisly, Martin ; Kästner, Markus ; Brummund, Jörg ; Ulbricht, Volker

Further information

• DOI: 10.3933/applrheol-24-14578
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405241654336.813404177254
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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